MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

THIS IS THE AGE OF E-DEVELOPMENT. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK AT, YOU FIND GADGETS IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL THE AGES FROM JUVENILES TO THE RETIRED. EVERYTHING WE THINK, HAPPENS IN SECONDS. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? HOW IS INTERNET CHANGING THE WORLD NEEDS TO COMFORTS? IS THE WHOLE WORLD DEPENDENT ON INTERNET? THE PEOPLE FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER ARE ABLE TO PRUNE THE DISTANCE AND VIDEO CHAT WITH THEM? THE INVENTION OF TELEPHONE AND THE CABLE TV SAYS IT ALL. DO YOU FIND ANY FAMILY WITHOUT A CABLE CONNECTION OR A MOBILE PHONE, LET YOU TAKE THE POOREST FEW OF INDIA? THIS IS THE AGE OF GADGETS AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. IT HAS BECOME A BASIC AMENITY NOW. SO HOW IS THE ENTIRE ELECTRONICS OF THE COUNTRY ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REGULATED? THE MINISTRY OF THE SAME REGULATES THE ENTIRE NETWORK IN INDIA. LET US KNOW THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MINISTRY.

THE MINISTRY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE TO THE CORE OF THE FUNCTIONING. THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE MINISTRY ARE DISTRIBUTED IN A CLEAR CUT DIVISION TO THE DEPARTMENTS NAMELY DEPARTMENTS OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND I.T. DEALS WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REGULATING THE ELECTRONIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY MAKING IT PROSPEROUS. E GOVERNANCE, E SECURITY, E BUSINESS, E COMMERCE, E TRADING, E INDUSTRY, E INCLUSION ARE SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED BY THIS DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS MANAGES THE INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO LOOK INTO THAT THE POSTS ARE DELIVERED IN A PROPER AND A SECURED FASHION. THE COVERAGE OF POSTS REACHES NOOK AND CORNER OF INDIA. IT IS THE LARGEST NETWORK WHERE THE RURAL PEOPLE HAVE MORE ACCESS TO THE POST OFFICES THAN THE URBAN AREAS. AS IT REACHED MOST OF THE PEOPLE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED ADDED FACILITIES AT THE POST OFFICES LIKE POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE WHERE ONE CAN GET THE INSURANCE POLICY, POSTAL SAVINGS WHERE ONE CAN SAVE THEIR MONEY AS IN THE SAVINGS BANK,, POSTAL MUTUAL FUNDS WHERE IN ONE CAN APPLY FOR THE MUTUAL FUNDING VIA POST OFFICE ETC. BUT DUE TO THE LACK OF EFFICIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURAL CRISIS, THE LARGEST SERVICE NETWORK OF POST OFFICE IS UNDER THREAT. CAN ONE BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE POSTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTRY EARNS MORE THAN 72 BILLION? BUT THE EXPENDITURE GOES TO BE FAR HIGHER THAN THE REVENUE TO APPROX 102 BILLION. THERE IS A NEED FOR THE POLICY FORMULATION AND AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE POSTAL SERVICES USING THE SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION WAS FIRSTLY REGULATED AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY IN 1994. BUT PRIOR TO THAT, DUE TO LIBERALISATION OF THE COUNTRY, THE TELECOM INDUSTRY WAS DE-LICENSED. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NTP, THE TELECOM INDUSTRY ROSE IN USAGE BY PEOPLE AND NEEDED A REGULATORY AUTHORITY WHICH LED TO THE INCORPORATION OF TRAI(TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA) IN 1997. THE TARIFF CHARGES WERE AMENDED AND FDI WAS ALLOWED UP TO 74 PERCENT OF INVESTMENT IN THE TELECOM SECTOR. THE EMERGENCE OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS WAS A REVOLUTION IN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY. THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN TELECOM SECTOR ARE TAKEN BY TRAI. 

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